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TROUGH PLANTER BOX, ANTIQUE CAST IRONDate: 19th centuryPrice:Please contact us for priceDescription: Unusual antique 19th century cast iron trough form planter box, with attractive design detail of a large classical wreath on two sides flanked by large fronds of acanthus leaves, rings on each end and sitting on decorative feet. Heavy weight and with drainage holes. This form was often called a "Fern Box" but could be planted many ways. In attractive weathered light blue paint or it could be stripped and repainted to your custom specifications, if you so desire. 15 inches high, 24 inches wide and 13 inches deep. $750.

SWAN HITCHING POST, 19TH CENTURYDate: 2ND HALF 19TH C.Price:Please contact us for priceDescription: Cast iron hitching post in form of swans head with long neck of feathers forming a graceful loop above a ribbed post. Cast in the round as single piece. American, second half of 19th century. 57 inches high.

URN, CAST IRON, CLASSICAL CAMPANA FORMDate: early 20th centuryPrice:Please contact us for priceDescription: Classical form campana or bell shape cast iron two part urn. This shape comes from Greek vases of the fifth and sixth centuries B.C. in Greece. This urn with its egg and dart lip and fluted body sits on it original plinth. It has been professionally cleaned and repainted black. Early 20th century. 27 inches high, 15 inches wide and 10 inch square base.

SWAN HEAD HITCHING POST, 19TH C.Date: 19th centuryPrice:Please contact us for priceDescription: Cast iron post in the form of a swan's head with long neck of feathers forming a graceful loop above a ribbed post. Cast in the round as a single solid piece, and having the original length. American, second half of 19th century. 63 1/2 inch high. This post could be paired with a matching swan post also listed #16037 to make a pair of swan hitching posts.

RABBIT, CAST IRONDate: early 20th centuryPrice:$295Description: Very rare small size cast iron rabbit garden ornament or doorstop, late 19th or early 20th century. These rabbits were called "Wide Awake Rabbits" and were shown in 19th and early 20th century American foundry cast iron garden catalogs and illustrated as garden ornament. But very few foundries made graduated sizes of this rabbit form so this small size is rare.
9 1/2 inches high, 8 inches deep and 5 inches wide. $295.

CAST IRON RABBITDate: early 20th centuryPrice:$225Description: Cast iron rabbit garden ornament. These were illustrated in 19th and early 20th century American foundry catalogs and were called "Wide Awake Rabbits" and sold as garden ornaments or doorstops. Popular garden pieces these are always in demand when found. 12 1/2 inches high, 12 inches deep and 5 inches wide. $225.

GRIFFINS, PAIR ZINC, ANTIQUEDate: late 19th or early 20th centuryPrice:Please contact us for priceDescription: Pair of seated cast zinc griffin roaring, with limbs symmetrical. This statue design was illustrated in late 19th and 20th century iron foundry catalogs such as the Mott Foundry in 1890. This pair is in old white paint over old green paint. An illustration of this griffin design is shown in "Zinc Sculpture in America 1850-1950" by Carol A. Grissom, page 432. In Greek mythology a griffin was a legendary beast with the head and wings of an eagle and body of a lion. The eagle was considered king of birds and the lion king of beasts. Griffins were also represented in the art of ancient Persia and ancient Egypt. 33 inches high, 12 inches wide, and 18 inches deep.

GOTHIC CAST IRON BENCH OR SETTEE, 46 in wideDate: late 19th or early 20th centuryPrice:Please contact us for priceDescription: This "Gothic" pattern bench or settee design was patented in 1846 by the Carron Foundry of Scotland and was copied by many American foundries and patented in the U.S. in 1848. The Gothic name comes from the arch design of the back. It is often called the "Rose Garden" pattern since it has been used in the White House Rose Garden and on the White House grounds since the 1850's. This bench has multiple layers of old weathered paint and dates late 19th century or very early 20th century. It measures 36 inches high, 46 inches wide and 20 inches deep.

CURTAIN PATTERN CAST IRON BENCH OR SETTEE, SAMUEL S. BENT & SON, N.Y.Date: 1880-1890Price:Please contact us for priceDescription: Antique cast iron Curtain Pattern bench or settee labeled in casting on crest rail S.S. Bent & Son, N.Y. 37 inches high, 46 inches wide and 18 inches deep. 1880-1890. With three back panels with scrolls and a scrolled pierced seat this popular Curtain pattern was a combination of many design elements, Gothic and Renaissance Revivial. The Samuel B. Bent Foundry, was a major N.Y foundry, and was established in 1850 buy Samuel Bent and taken over by his son in 1865 when he constructed a new foundry in Port Chester, N.Y. and operated until 1893. Foundry labeled cast iron garden pieces are rare to find as not every piece was labeled. A maker's label adds value to the piece and also helps date it. This bench has been professionally cleaned and painted a light green, ready to place in the garden. SOLD

MONKEY STATUES, PAIR, ANTIQUE Date: early 20th centuryPrice:Please contact us for priceDescription: Pair of monkey musicians garden statues, antique cast stone with marble aggregate and weathered surface with lichen. One is playing a tambourine and one is playing a drum and both are dressed in fashionable 18th century costumes. These are very well modeled figures with fine detail. Very early 20th century. 23 inches high, 12 inches wide and 10 inch square base.
These monkey musician figures are after the 18th century porcelain monkey figures created by Johann Kaendler of the Meissen Porcelain Manufactory in Saxony in 1756.

WALL FOUNTAIN, CAST IRON, ANTIQUE EUROPEANDate: 19th centuryPrice:Please contact us for priceDescription: Antique cast iron wall fountain, European. 19th century. 34 inches high, 19 inches wide and 11 1/2 inches deep. This fountain has fine detail in the casting and has been professionally cleaned and repainted white. It is heavy weight and could also be used as a wall planter. ON SALE $750.

ANTIQUE CAST IRON CEMETARY VASESDate: Mid to late 19th centuryPrice:$135Description: Antique cast iron cemetery flower vases in old green paint. Three available in a design with a pointed serrated top over over a flared ribbed body with spike below measuring 10 inches high and 5 1/4 inches wide. Priced at $95. each. These would date to the early to late 19th century. Today these vases are used for flower vases to place directly in the ground or mounted on a base such as wood for use as flower vases or candle holders etc.